Waikato secondary school entrepreneurs who create environmentally friendly furniture took home top honours at the Waikato-King Country Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Awards.
Kiwi Rākau, founded by Hauraki Plains College students Tom Leonard, Zac Hemmings, Jason Barker, Shannon Aislabie, Payton Peterson and Lydia Beaver, was named Wintec Company of the Year at the awards, managed in the region by Smart Waikato Trust.
The business takes old, recycled timber pallets and repurposes them into bar leaners and other
furniture products.
Five percent of all sales are donated to Kauri 2000, which replants native kauri trees in the Coromandel Ranges.
Kiwi Rākau will represent the Waikato-King Country region in Wellington for the YES National Finals on December 10th.
